Black hole breaks record as possible brightest astronomical object in the universe

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Scientists discovered what may be the universe’s brightest object on Monday — a quasar as luminous as 500 trillion suns.

“Increasing in mass by the equivalent of one sun per day, the quasar is 17 billion times stronger than the sun, making it the fastest growing black hole known to man,” an Australian-based Nature Astronomy team reported on Monday.

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